Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

The additional 2.39% was added at the Tel Aviv close.

Liveperson (TASE 🙂 rose 8.5%, or 383.00 point to trade at 5,138.00 after the session. Meanwhile, Airport City Ltd (TASE 🙂 gained 5.97% or 355.00 point to bring the total up to 6,300.00 Azrieli Group TASE: Ltd was trading at 5.82%, or 1,390.00 point higher than the previous trade to 25,290.00.

They were also the session’s worst performers Elbit Systems Ltd (TASE) fell 1.50%, or 990.00 points, to close at 64.900.00. Shufersal (TASE) fell 0.72%, or 17.00 points, to close at 2,355.00 Shapir Engineering Industry (TASE): The TASE was up by 0.04% (1.00 points) to 2,682.00.

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange saw rising stocks surpassing declining stocks by 316 to176, while 26 ended the same.

Shufersal shares (TASE) dropped to 52 week lows. They fell 0.72%, or 17.00 to 2,355.00.

The July delivery of crude oil was at $114.70 per barrel, an increase of 3.96%. Brent oil rose 2.9% or 3.28 to $114.40 per barrel in commodities trading. The June Gold Futures contract dropped 0.07%, or 1.25, to $1,845.05 an ounce.

The USD/ILS exchange rate was up 0.2% to 3.35 while the EUR/ILS exchange rate rose by 0.59% and 3.59.

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.5% at 101.92.